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And so I'm building this castle (c.f. some other thread here). And I have some neat ideas come to me, and it pretty much gets determined that the castle isn't owned by some lord or duke or knight-commander or whatnot, but instead by a wizard. No (...) (24 years ago, 1-May-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Hmm... I would suspect a wizard would have some nice, comfy chairs and nothing on the walls. After all, you don't want anyone poking thru his stuff... Maybe there's a humble kitchen next door, so he can give his guests some nice newt soup... (...) (24 years ago, 1-May-00, to lugnet.castle)
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Perhaps a wall of ancient dusty tomes inscribed with strange runes. Or perhaps a statue of a bizarre creature. Or maybe a big fish tank! Dave J.D. Forinash <foxtrot@cc.gatech.edu> wrote in message news:8eimsj$rnn$1@cc...ome.com... (...) dangerous (...) (24 years ago, 1-May-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) J.D., I've done some extensive research on just that question[1], so I thought I'd share the results here in this august forum. The Red Fox: "A pair of comfortable chairs and a matching table, made by that charming fellow who used to live down (...) (24 years ago, 1-May-00, to lugnet.castle)
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BOOKS!!!!!!! (screams the man who has an estimated 3,000 pounds [1.5 tons] of books in a storage shed...) Lots and lots of books! And scrolls! And maps! (Books are avaiable, IIRC, from the Fairy/Castle Belville sets, and of course map tiles are (...) (24 years ago, 1-May-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) And instead of reading some then going to bed like I'd planned, I worked more on the castle after posting my message that prompted this. And what I wound up with is similar to this. Fireplace two comfy chairs, breakfront, bookshelf (for (...) (24 years ago, 1-May-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Where would one get scrolls from? (24 years ago, 1-May-00, to lugnet.castle)
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Maybe the wizard keeps spares of his more innocuous semi-magical items in the living room...like an extra silver basin, a hanging mirror or two (if you have any Belleville), a grandfather clock, some other clockwork contraptions. How about a hidden (...) (24 years ago, 2-May-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) From tons of sources. 6097 has two IIRC, and pretty much every wizard-magician- witch set has one. If you need a few, LMK - I've got about 20 lyin' around with no use... -Shiri (24 years ago, 2-May-00, to lugnet.castle)
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